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In the name of All°h, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful

Questions asked by the people and Answers given by
Im°m Ja`far ibn Mu¶ammad as-as-Æ°diq (prayers be upon him)
[ Installment 8 ]
Compiled by Øujjatul Isl°m wal Muslim¢n A¶mad Q°§h¢ Z°hid¢
Published by Sayyidah Ma`•£mah Publications [Qum, Iran]
Translated by Saleem Bhimji – www.al-mubin.org – al-mubin@al-mubin.org

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Topic: Who are the Aale muhammad?

It has been narrated in a Øad¢th found in Bi¶°r al-Anw°r1 that the following question was asked to Im°m Ja`far
ibn Mu¶ammad as-Æ°diq (prayers be upon him) from Ab£ Ba•¢r:

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It has been narrated from Ab¢ Ba•¢r that he asked as-Æ°diq, Ja`far ibn Mu¶ammad (peace be upon him) “Who are
the Aale (Family) of Mu¶ammad?”

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He (Im°m Ja`far ibn Mu¶ammad as-Æ°diq, prayers be upon him) replied, “(The Aale (family) of Mu¶ammad) are
his children and progeny.”
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Ab£ Ba•¢r then asked, “And who are his Ahlul Ba¢t?”

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The Im°m (prayers be upon him) replied, “They are the (twelve) A’immah - his Successors.”

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Ab£ Ba•¢r then asked, “And who are his `Itrah?”

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The Im°m (prayers be upon him) replied, “They are the Companions of the `Ab¡˜ (the four individuals who were
under the cloak as narrated in the Øad¢thul Kis¡ - namely `Al¢, F°ßimah, Øasan and Øusain (peace be upon all of
them)).”

1 Bi¶°r al-Anw°r, Volume 91, Page 57, Øad¢th 34

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Ab£ Ba•¢r then asked, “And who are his Ummah?”

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The Im°m (prayers be upon him) replied, “They are the true believers – those who acknowledge that which he
brought from All°h, the Grand and Noble and who hold firm onto the two weighty things (Al-Thaqala¢n) which
they were commanded to hold firm onto (both of them) – the book of All°h and his `Itrah, his Ahlul Ba¢t, the ones
whom All°h had removed all impurities from and purified with a thorough purification. And it is these two (the
book of All°h and his `Itrah) which are two the successors (leaders) after the Messenger of All°h (blessings of
All°h be upon him and his family).”

…and all praise belongs to All°h, Lord of the Worlds, only the mistakes are mine. (Tr.)